Would need to research it for specifics but my general memory is yes.
One more recent injury that jumps out is John Tavares suffering torn knee
ligaments at the 2014 Sochi Olympics for Team Canada. I suppose it's a little
different when you're playing an extended tournament with the cachet of the
Olympics than if it happens in a truly meaningless out-of-the-blue exhibition
against a Dynamo Riga team that nobody has ever really heard of, but for
an Islanders' fan with no allegiance to Team Canada it must have felt like the
same thing.
Maybe it will come up in the remaining 12 games of this tour, I'm only
reading one game ahead when I prepare the posts and haven't looked at them in
over a decade, so I've been just as surprised when things happen too.
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